The Provincial Court is the Court of first instance for all criminal and regulatory offences. Trials of the vast majority of such offences are concluded there. The Court serves as the Youth Court, Traffic Court, Small Claims Court for most civil claims up to $5,000.00, and—outside of those areas covered by the Unified Family Court Division of the Supreme Court—deals with most family law matters other than divorce or division of property under the Family Law Act. The Court also conducts inquiries into accidental or mysterious deaths or fires.

One of our main aims is to provide the public with information about who we are, what we do, where we are and when, how to contact us, and hopefully answer a number of common questions some users and observers of the courts have. Throughout the site the left hand menu is persistent. It enables you, with a click, to return here, explore in more detail our business lines, find out who and where we are, look at our news—old and new—and explore links to other outside services that might be of interest to you. 

Another of our aims is to provide staff and law enforcement personnel with a convenient way to get up-to-date information critical to their work. The menu items for Duty Judge and Staff Only require intended users to have an authorized password. Passwords will only be issued to staff and law enforcement personnel and can be obtained by such persons by contacting the Manager of Criminal History at 709-729-1787. 

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